The chair of a US government vaccine advisory panel questioned broad vaccine recommendations for polio and other childhood diseases and said promoting individual choice, not public health, is the key aim of the panel, drawing a rebuke on Friday from the nation's top doctors group. Also Read Kolkata-born doctor wins global vaccine research award for polio work"Our sanitation is different, our risk of disease is different. And so those all play into the evaluation of whether this is worthwhile, of taking a risk for a vaccine or not," he said. Polio, a disabling and life-threatening disease, has been eradicated in many parts of the world but still circulates. President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Kennedy have moved quickly to overhaul federal vaccine policy, despite a lack of scientific evidence for the changes.

Source: The Telegraph January 24, 2026 08:05 UTC